2026-10-27 - City Council (formal meeting) Meeting
Summary
The posted action agenda; no video recorded. Minutes are not yet posted.
- Present: Mayor Esther E. Manheimer, Vice-Mayor S. Antanette Mosley, Bo Hess, Kim Roney, Sheneika Smith, Sage Turner, Maggie Ullman.
- Right at Home homelessness prevention funding: agreements with Homeward Bound, Operation Gateway, Pisgah Legal and ABCCM adopted unanimously.
- Continuum of Care grant submission adopted 6-0 (Bo Hess recused); see HUD Continuum of Care funding shift.
- Code Purple shelter county match: Buncombe County match of $100,000 for FY26-27 adopted unanimously.
- 21 London Road Conditional Zoning Amendment adopted 4-3 (Kim Roney, Sage Turner and Maggie Ullman voting no).
- I-26 Connector property conveyance: property near Hominy Creek and Shelburne Roads conveyed to NCDOT, and NCDOT betterments reimbursement not to exceed $664,304 (I-26 Connector I-2513AC) adopted unanimously.
- Malvern Hills Park contract amendment with Harper General Contractors.
- Public Safety Grant Applications 2026: 2027 HIDTA grant application adopted 6-1 (Kim Roney no); budget amendment of $359,822 (SBI Local Law Enforcement Bonus); FEMA AFG application with a $74,683.10 budget amendment for wildland PPE.
- Other: ASAP City Market renewal 2027-2029; Emergency Watershed Protection sponsor and budget amendment of $20,773; Sister Cities and BearWise reports; Q1 financial update.
Agenda
Proclamations; consent items on Right at Home funding, Code Purple, Malvern Hills Park and the I-26 Connector conveyance; grants and budget amendments; conditional zoning at 21 London Road; NCDOT betterments reimbursement.